HARARE – Two Grain Marketing Board (GMB) board members are in the eye of a storm for demanding $70 000 from Treasury for the 18 months they took up management posts at the grain utility. GMB board chairperson Charles Chikaura and his deputy Basilio Sandamu told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture and Rural…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is heading to Ivory Coast for the Africa CEO Forum as he ramps up efforts to lure foreign investment. A lot of attention will focus on Zimbabwe’s new president, who deposed long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, who was the world’s oldest leader until the military intervened in November last year. Mnangagwa…
HARARE – The Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe (Misa Zimbabwe) has invited the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to help break a deadlock over the lack of progress in media reforms ahead of key mid-year general elections. Misa-Zimbabwe said five years after the African Union Election Observation Mission made recommendations on improving the state…
HARARE – At a time when farmers in most parts of the country are rubbing their hands with glee in anticipation of a bumper harvest, villagers in Muzarabani are seeking at least 15 tonnes of maize seed to plant. This comes after crops in the low Zambezi basin have been written off due to a…
HARARE – Three armed robbers who stormed into former president Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona’s Umwinsdale mansion and allegedly stole construction material were convicted yesterday. Robson Kandenga, Peter Mangwiro and Brighton Chisiko were found guilty of first degree robbery when they appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. They pleaded guilty to the offence. They were remanded…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga got back to work last week on Thursday, a day after he was rushed to hospital, after suffering a dramatic fall at the Zanu PF headquarters – forcing him to cancel his politburo attendance. The 61-year-old was released from a hospital with minor injuries and bruises, presidential spokesperson George…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has warned customers of disconnections and litigation if they do not make payment plans by March 31. In a notice, ZETDC said customers need to go to ZEDTC offices and make payment plans to clear their debts. This comes as Zesa Holdings is owed over…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national dam levels continue to rise on the backdrop of heavy downpours that are being experienced across the country. As of March 9, 2018 the national dam level average had risen to 81,7 percent. Most dams in Manyame catchment are now full with the catchment having an average dam level of 101…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court is today expected to hear the legal challenge to government’s decision to bar expatriate Zimbabweans from voting from their foreign bases in the forthcoming key 2018 vote. The matter has been postponed twice before on January 18 and February 14, as the judges in the apex court ordered the applicants…
HARARE – The noose is tightening around dubious businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is now facing a real prospect of doing jail time again, after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ominously told Parliament yesterday that it had finished its internal probe and had since reported him to both the police and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)….
